Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Mimosopsis lemmonii (A. Gray) Britton & Rose
Mimosa Lemmonii A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 19; 76. 1883. Mimosa Endlichii Harms, Repert. Sp. Nov. 18: 93. 1922.
A shrub, the twigs densely pilose, prickly. Stipules linear or oblong; leaves pilose; petiole 0.5-1 cm. long; rachis somewhat prickly; pinnae 4—11 pairs; leaflets 6-15 pairs, oblong, pilose and ciliate; flowers pubescent; legume oblong, 2.5-3 cm. long, 8 mm. wide, obtuse, pubescent, the margins bearing short prickles.
Type locality: Huachuca Mountains, Arizona.
Distribution: Southwestern New Mexico and southeastern Arizona to Sonora.
- bibliographic citation
- Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose. 1928. (ROSALES); MIMOSACEAE. North American flora. vol 23(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
